Description
| Product ID: | 9780415130967 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Women's Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology |
| Authors: | Author: Jane Dowson |
| Page Count: | 212 |
| Subjects: | Poetry anthologies (various poets), Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Spanish |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Dowson provides a comprehensive and beautifully edited volume of poems by women who wrote in the interwar years. This book redresses the balance in this previously neglected area and sheds new light on women's place in this era of literary history. Where were the women of the so-called `Auden Generation''?During this era of rapidly changing gender roles,social values and world politics,women produced a rich variety of poetry.But until now their work has largely been lost or ignored;in Women''s Poetry of the 1930s Jane Dowson finally redresses the balance and recovers women''s place in the literary history of the interwar years.This comprehensive and beautifully edited collection includes: *Previously uncollected poems by authors such as Winifred Holtby and Naomi Mitchison *Poems which are now out of print,such as those by Vita Sackville-West and Frances Cornford *Poems previously neglected by poets including Ann Ridler and Sylvia Townsend Warner *An extensive critical introduction and individual biographies of each poet Poetry lovers,students and scholars alike will find Women''s Poetry of the 1930s an invaluable resource and a collection to treasure. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-11-30 |
